McDonald's has a fairly colorful breakfast menu, with Egg McMuffins, Sausage McGriddles, Hotcakes, and plenty of sides. At one point you could order breakfast all day, because who doesn't love ...

“When I watched my father introduce this idea to Ray Kroc, we could not have anticipated it would become the foundation for the renowned McDonald’s breakfast menu,” Peterson’s son and ...

"When I watched my father introduce this idea to Ray Kroc, we could not have anticipated it would become the foundation for the renowned McDonald’s breakfast menu," David Peterson, Herb's son ...

McDonald's is giving a breakfast menu staple the celebration it deserves. The Golden Arches' classic Egg McMuffin was invented by Herb Peterson in 1971 and made its nationwide debut four years later.

Per McDonald’s, the breakfast menu item was first invented in 1971 when Santa Barbara, California franchisee Herb Peterson came up with the idea of making a handheld eggs Benedict.